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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

Marc Rowan says the "compact" will "protect free speech," but First Amendment scholars across the political spectrum are of one mind that the compact is flagrantly unconstitutional, and every major free speech org--from the ACLU to FIRE to PEN--agrees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

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Katz @katgab.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible disorganization, I don't think they even HAVE a plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Jesse Garon Presley has risen from the grave @jfarrell.bsky.social · 1d

The next mayor of my beloved hometown is now the Gold Standard. Pols who pay more attention to poorly-framed poll numbers and career consultants instead of human rights and democracy should take note.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 2d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone in St. Louis tonight at 7PM?

I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!

mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...

10/10- Nghi Vo, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST

Main Street Books is an independent bookstore located on Historic Main Street in downtown St. Charles, MO.

mainstreetbooks.indielite.org

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Dr. Skelebone 🩻 @kendalljoy.bsky.social · 3d

okay okay, that’s a boule

duvet is a game played with mallets, wooden balls, and wickets!

Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 3d

No kinfolk that’s flambé.

Duvet is the convention held every two years by the Black Greek sorority wearing pink and green

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

No boo. That’s Timothèe Chalamet.

Duvet is when you put liquor in a hot pan and flames burst out.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

Longhorns have an open letter they can sign here

bit.ly/nodealtexas

A flyer reading “Keep Texas Free” with a picture of a state of Bevo on the strip

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 3d

Essential info here given that my insurer (and yours, if you're on a marketplace plan) should have sent this info out weeks ago for planning purposes esp since I may need to try to switch insurers, downgrade my coverage, or cancel insurance altogether for affordability.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3d

ACA open enrollment starts Nov. 1. Rates should have been published in August. Mike Johnson hopes you don’t know that. But my mom is an independent insurance agent. Has been for 20+ years. So she does know that.

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Dr. Skelebone 🩻 @kendalljoy.bsky.social · 4d

a cheerleader with a sad look on her face and the words i 'm a cheerleader below her

Alt: Natasha Lyonne in But I’m A Cheerleader with a distressed look on her face and the words “i'm a cheerleader” captioned

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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · 5d

Great piece @insidehighered.com by Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg about the considerable threats posed by Trump's (extortion) "compact" with 9 universities. @aaup.org

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

A Compact for Control (opinion)

No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

www.insidehighered.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 10d

Say NO to Trump’s loyalty oaths and extortion of our universities!

We will NOT throw our students, faculty, and staff under the bus to comply with undemocratic and partisan ideological agendas.

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 11d

Good news! The full table of contents for THE CAMPUS CRISIS TOOLKIT, edited by @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartolommeo, is now available on the @sunypress.bsky.social website: sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-.... Follow the link or see next post for screenshots. 🤗

The Campus Crisis Toolkit

sunypress.edu

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AAUP @aaup.org · 10d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

www.aaup.org

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Dr. Skelebone 🩻 @kendalljoy.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t have a smart take on this settlement but I have been following along. My contribution is just to observe that many books by Jacques Derrida are on this list, apparently used to train Anthropic’s AI. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway check your works #TeamRhetoric

Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 11d

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

Welcome to the Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website
Are you the legal or beneficial copyright owner of a book included in the Anthropic Copyright Settlement?
You could get a payment from the $1.5 billion Settlement.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 11d

This is extortion. Faculty, students, staff, alumni across the country need to get to their Presidents & Trustees today. Just say no. This blackmail only works if most everyone folds. Capitulation now means the end of American higher education for a generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

www.nytimes.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 12d

And now the UT System is auditing all courses for “gender ideology.” We haven’t been told what that even means.

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 12d

A thread on the illegality of the Texas Tech president’s letter banning reference to more than two genders. We saw a similar confusion of EO’s with law and a similar overriding of free speech and academic freedom in the Texas A@M case.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 16d

The university president's letter is bananas, and anyone who sends such a letter should not be running an academic institution. A thread. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 12d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 16d

Comment period ends on Monday for a proposed rule change that would terminate student visas after 4 years. It also puts limits on exchange visitors and reps of foreign media, and shortens the length of time at the end of the visa from 60 days to 30 days.

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media

Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 16d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

www.nytimes.com

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18d

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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Dr. Skelebone 🩻 @kendalljoy.bsky.social · 16d

These are awful circumstances. I am so tempted to offer advice, or imagine what I would do if I were still in Texas. I know the risk isn’t evenly distributed.

We have to have each other’s backs.

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Dr. Skelebone 🩻 @kendalljoy.bsky.social · 16d

I hope faculty reject this absolute dogwater attempt to censor their expert perspectives. With a loud collective shout.

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 16d

Breaking: Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities.

Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities

Advocacy groups say the new state law, presidential executive order and gubernatorial letter Tedd Mitchell cited do not prohibit classroom discussions of particular LGBTQ+ identities.

www.texastribune.org

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Eric @ericdet.bsky.social · 19d

New episode of Rhetoricity for the first time in a while. I talk with @kendalljoy.bsky.social about her timely and award-winning book Sensitive Rhetorics: Campus Activism and Academic Freedom! rhetoricity.libsyn.com/sensitivity-... #teamrhetoric

Rhetoricity: Sensitivity, Solidarity, and Higher Education: An Interview with Kendall Gerdes

This episode features an interview with . Dr. Gerdes is an associate professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies at the University of Utah, where she also serves as president of the lo...

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